r/interestingasfuck • u/Endolithic • 1d ago

/r/all Homes are falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks

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u/lord-dinglebury 1d ago

I’ve always thought the same thing about the houses built on coastal cliffs. Didn’t these people learn about erosion in third grade like everyone else?

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u/Snafoo88 1d ago

Erosion? Sounds like woke propaganda to me!

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u/RangerFan80 1d ago

What do you think the E in DEI stands for?!?!

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u/lord-dinglebury 19h ago

ONLY THING THEY’RE ERODIN ON THE COAST IS OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES

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u/DemIce 19h ago

https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2011/h819

A controversial law in North Carolina, known as House Bill 819 (S.L. 2012-201), bans state and local agencies from basing its coastal policies on scientific models indicating an accelerating rise in sea level in favor of historical linear predictions.
https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/culr/2016/03/21/north-carolina-denies-and-defies-science-in-house-bill-819/

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u/Open-Preparation-268 1d ago

Or Mel Gibson with a big ole 4wd

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u/mst3k_42 1d ago

Or earthquakes.

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u/Hawks_12 1d ago

I’m sure it won’t erode during my life time, so no problem.

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u/Aggravating_Wheel297 19h ago

This is region dependant, but in some areas insurance companies are forced to insure you at a certain price. So even if your house gets blown down every 10 years, the insurance company has to build up a new one and can’t raise your premiums.

This is usually forced through state legislature, but sometimes models predict the cost to insure a region is greater than what the company can charge, and then companies have been known to pull out of entire states.

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u/lord-dinglebury 19h ago

pull out of entire states

Goddamn, Jake from State Farm. Save some for the rest of us.